who are we?

  • Danielle N. Aguilar

    PhD Candidate in Educational Foundations, Policy and Practice at the University of Colorado Boulder

  • Makeda K. Austin

    Educator, Activist, and Community Organizer. Day dreaming about the Black Radical Tradition.

  • Jackquelin Bristol

    PhD candidate at CU Boulder whose research explores the intersections of education, geography, and sociology.

  • Taylor Burtch

    Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Postsecondary Success at Florida State University

  • Eric R Brown

    Lover of good + necessary trouble!

  • Shanyce L. Campbell

    Embracing joy, ease, and radical love. Allowing nature to teach me strategies toward freedom.

  • Monnica Chan

    Dreamer, Reader, Do-er

  • Claire Delcourt

    Lover of podcasts, reality TV, savory food, and sunsets. Working on my dissertation relating to K-12 teacher policy.

  • Jude Paul Dizon

    First-generation faculty. Child of Filipino retired postal service workers. Bay Area forever.

  • C. V. Dolan (they/them)

    Education researcher of nonbinary BIPOC utopias, freedom dreams, and joy

  • Ángel González

    Assistant Professor - First Gen Joto from SouthEast L.A. - del campo, las fábricas, y la frontera

  • Lex Hunter

    PhD student at CU Boulder whose research explores the intersections of race, ancestral healing, and youth activism.

  • Lindy J. Johnson

    Collector of books, houseplants, and data. Building a life filled with color and joy.

  • Claire L. Mackevicius (any // she/they)

    I am trying to make a dissertation, fueled by chocolate and coffee.

  • Pooja R. Patel

    Pandemic baker surrounded by books on public policy and higher ed finance.

  • Rolonda L. Payne

    Critical Black Scholar in Love with Blackness

  • A Black-white woman with glasses and a cloud of curly hair. She has a big, warm smile and has a halo of yellow flowers framing her head.

    Sarah Peko-Spicer (she/her)

    I love a nature metaphor. I love to collage. I would love to find a way to blend these two loves with research dissemination.

  • J. Abigail (Abby) Saavedra

    Pinay scholar studying Asian American families, Ethnic Studies education, and how youth resist and heal from racism.

  • Nathaniel (Nate) D. Stewart

    Unapologetic Love of Blackness and Joy

  • Blake Turner

    Black Emancipatory Educator (BEE) & Scholar 🐝

  • Paris Wicker

    Assistant Professor by day, Black contemplative by night. On the quest for well-being.

  • Cora Wigger

    Education. Housing. Community. Teaching. Learning. Listening.